{"id":6726,"date":"2011-10-05T07:39:57","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T13:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=6726"},"modified":"2011-10-05T07:39:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T13:39:57","slug":"no-bake-quick-energy-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/05\/no-bake-quick-energy-snacks\/","title":{"rendered":"No Bake Quick Energy Snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My mom used to make these delicious little treats for me when I was younger, and I absolutely LOVE them. \u00c2\u00a0I recently made them for The Littlest Apple, and he loves them too! \u00c2\u00a0From my super picky eater, that&#8217;s saying something! \u00c2\u00a0These sweet treats are super easy to throw together, and since there is no baking or cooking involved, this is a great opportunity to let your kids help out. \u00c2\u00a0The Littlest Apple helps me smash the graham crackers (I think that&#8217;s his favorite part!) , measure the ingredients, stir them together, and roll the snacks in the graham cracker crumbs. \u00c2\u00a0 If you&#8217;re dealing with peanut allergies, I imagine you could substitute almond butter or other nut butters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Quick-Energy-Snacks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6728\" title=\"Quick Energy Snacks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Quick-Energy-Snacks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Quick-Energy-Snacks.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Quick-Energy-Snacks-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Quick Energy Snacks <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooks.com\/rec\/doc\/0,189,157173-242205,00.html\">cooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Ingredients:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3-4 graham crackers<\/li>\n<li>1 c. powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 c. crunchy peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>1 c. semi-sweet chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c. instant non-fat dry milk \u00c2\u00a0<em>(Picky Apple note: When I don&#8217;t have powdered milk on hand, I just leave it out!)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp. water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Crush crackers in a zip-top bag. Mix remaining ingredients thoroughly in bowl. Shape teaspoonfuls of the mixture into 1 inch balls. Roll the balls in the graham crackers. Arrange the coated balls on ungreased cookie sheet or plate and refrigerate 20 minutes or until firm.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/05\/no-bake-quick-energy-snacks\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mom used to make these delicious little treats for me when I was younger, and I absolutely LOVE them. \u00c2\u00a0I recently made them for The Littlest Apple, and he loves them too! \u00c2\u00a0From my super picky eater, that&#8217;s saying something! \u00c2\u00a0These sweet treats are super easy to throw together, and since there is no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20,48,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chocolate","category-dessert","category-recipes","category-snacks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6726"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6731,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6726\/revisions\/6731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}